Articles filed under Politics
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The world is still flat (in Iowa) and other thoughts on our timeOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - I had three thoughts. Not ten or ten thousand. Not bigly or big league or very enormous thoughts. Not crooked, or disgusting or way overrated thoughts. Just three pleasa...
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Casten, Ives spar over COVID-19 relief, climate change in debateOct 11, 2020 1:00 am - The Democratic and Republican candidates for Illinois' 6th Congressional District seat argued about COVID-19 relief efforts, climate change and other issues over the wee...
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Democrat Schneider says abolish electoral college; GOP challenger disagreesOct 11, 2020 1:00 am - Unhappy with President Donald Trump's win four years ago, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield believes Americans should elect the president with a popular v...
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Analysis: The Senate seats most likely to flip parties in NovemberOct 10, 2020 3:00 pm - With less than a month until Election Day, Democrats are picking up momentum toward winning the Senate majority: Challengers are outraising Republican incumbents, and th...
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Trump supporters rally in Algonquin, calling for 'four more years'Oct 10, 2020 1:00 am - A crowd alongside Algonquin's Countryside Lane chanted “four more years” and rallied in support of President Donald Trump on Saturday. Glenn Rabick, of Huntley, said he ...
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Constable: If it is 'Goodbye, Columbus,' what fills that void?Oct 10, 2020 1:00 am - Four metal posts jut out of the empty stone pedestal where a 9-foot-tall statue of Christopher Columbus once looked over Arrigo Park in Chicago's Little Italy neighborho...
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Endorsement: Biden for president, the only hope to ease our divisionsOct 09, 2020 2:00 pm - Editor's note: Here's our view of the presidential race. What's yours? Please share your view in Comments below or email our Opinion page at fencepost@dailyherald.co...
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Republican questions cost of more COVID reliefOct 09, 2020 5:02 am - With the nation's debt rising, Republican congressional candidate Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee of Northbrook on Thursday questioned the cost efficiency of another federal C...
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Editorial: Committee investigating Madigan should not delay its workOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois House created a Special Investigating Committee in September to study whether Speaker Michael Madigan should be censured for connections to the ComEd briber...
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Black caucus highlights racial health disparitiesOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is drawing attention to national and statewide health disparities between Black and white Americans in an effort to e...